Isle of Wight News

Follow our live reporting from inside County Hall as Isle of Wight councillors debate important issues affecting the Island.

Cllr Whittle will be asking members to support his motion which addresses several issues with the use of the Arena.

The next episode in the second series of BBC2’s documentary on the RNLI, which airs at 8pm on Tuesday 26th September, will include footage of the Yarmouth lifeboat in action and interviews with the Coxswain and members of the volunteer crew.

The last meeting of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) on the Isle of Wight was way back in the '90s, so it's quite a thing for them to return.

Isle of Wight council cabinet members have agreed a proposed strategy for investing £100,000,000 in property. Any decisions to purchase property will be delegated to a group of three.

The MP says the new funding formula "means all schools on the Island will benefit from increased funding by an average of 3.1% with some schools receiving significantly higher at nearly 6%".

The work is expected to take one to two days to complete and won't affect pedestrian access over the bridge.

The Hampshire Stalking Clinic receives government funding for a pioneering project working with perpetrators of stalking.

Three Isle of Wight councillors were calling for charges on the passenger launch between Cowes and East Cowes to be dropped whilst issue with the floating bridge are resolved. The Cabinet has dismissed the calls.

Wightlink say the improvements to terminals in Fishbourne and Portsmouth have resulted in a reduced turnaround time to around 15 minutes.

Business leaders from a range of industries on the Isle of Wight attended the first 'Your Future' event at the Isle of Wight Studio School last week to help inform and inspire students on possible future career paths.